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Gastropoda

Syllabification: (Gas·trop·o·da)

Pronunciation: /ˌgastrəˈpōdə/

Zoology

Definition of Gastropoda

a large class of mollusks which includes snails, slugs, whelks, and all terrestrial kinds. They have a large muscular foot for movement and (in many kinds) a single asymmetrical spiral shell.